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Todays pawn shop find! Grade has arrived

MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
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Bought 20 bulk silver dollars for $8 each, an old guy brought them in and the guy at the pawn shop counted 20 and paid the old guy $7 each. I offered him $8 each and took the lot. This was one of them!

LINE # CERT # COIN DATE DENOMINATION VARIETY COUNTRY GRADE
1 21563575 1893-S S$1 USA VF35

Date Received: 04/15/2004
Date Shipped: No Date Specified




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It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    HOLY CRAP! This isn't a BSing post is it?

    Russ, NCNE
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    MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    It's going to PCGS tomorrow!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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    ksteelheaderksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭
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    GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,856 ✭✭✭✭
    Wow! The pawn dealer didn't see the stars in your eyes and the drool?
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It's going to PCGS tomorrow! >>



    I would suggest ANACS. It's been cleaned.

    Russ, NCNE
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    krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    That has to be the second greatest find of all time, right behind the person who snagged that 1894-S dime out of a junk box. Congratulations, Marty! Awesome, awesome find.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

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    NoGvmntNoGvmnt Posts: 1,126 ✭
    Obviously counterfeit, send it to me for proper disposal, IMMEDIATELY!!!

    Jim

    Oh, YOU SUCK!!!
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    MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    If it has, it's a very old cleaning. I have been told PCGS is the best!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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    joecooljoecool Posts: 527
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    GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,856 ✭✭✭✭
    Forgot to add:



    Dammit Boy, You Suck! imageimage
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    TrooperTrooper Posts: 1,450 ✭
    That's a great find!!!!!!!!!
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    You suck!!!!
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    foodudefoodude Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭
    Obviously counterfeit

    Yeah that's a well known counterfeit. You've been hadimage

    And oh yeah, you suckimage
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    poorguypoorguy Posts: 4,317 ✭
    That is an awesome find. So what if it has been cleaned.

    You have got to be the luckiest SOB tonight.

    Whoops, nevermind. I am. The kids are at their grandparent's. I have a movie, 1 bottle of wine, and a beautiful wife.

    See ya tomorrow.
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    CoulportCoulport Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭
    That is called a RIP! Big time!!!!!!!!!

    Want to sell it?
    The most money I made are on coins I haven't sold.

    Got quoins?
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    ksteelheaderksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭
    Some may say "you suck", but I'm starting to wonder what that smell is.......image
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    BubbleheadBubblehead Posts: 1,621 ✭✭✭
    "Not Genuine, 'S' added"....
    Ahhh, Marty, you have all the luck, YOU SUCK!
    But, as it's not anywhere near the 1st of the month, I gotta believe it.
    Great rip... (it was a rip, no?)image
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    I almost forgot...

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    DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Marty, as bad as you suck, you're not lucky. You work hard searching. You shop more than I do, and that's a bunch. Glad to see you catch a break.image Makes it fun doesn't it.image
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    I think this cements Marty's position at the top of the YOU SUCK list for all time to come.

    Russ, NCNE
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    jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Its genuine and it will holder if not cleaned harshly which it doesnt appear to be and you are one lucky SOB/

    You just plain suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    jim
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    NoGvmntNoGvmnt Posts: 1,126 ✭
    Ksteel, so much for keeping him from having a bigger head.

    Jim
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    DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Build a nice album set around it. It isn't like the value of the coin represents any risk. What a killer start to a dansco set.
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    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
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    relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570 ✭
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    ksteelheaderksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭
    Ksteel, so much for keeping him from having a bigger head....
    ...That's a big 10-4 ole buddy....Ken
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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I cannot believe everyone is congratulating you. This is very unethical...

    You should go back to the pawn shop, pay the owner a share, track down the seller, pay him a share...





    oh never mind! Great score!!

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    ElectricEyeElectricEye Posts: 2,354
    another prime example of why MadMarty sucks ~ one more find like that and I am gonna cry
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    ealandgealandg Posts: 705
    Excellent!!!
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    JrGMan2004JrGMan2004 Posts: 7,557 ✭
    You Suck....
    -George
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    onlyroosiesonlyroosies Posts: 3,448 ✭✭✭✭
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    BladeBlade Posts: 1,744 ✭
    Holy smokes. 100 collectors wouldn't make a score like that in their entire life. Congrats Marty!
    Tom

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    jharjhar Posts: 1,126 ✭
    I don't think you suck, I just hate your guts!!! imageimageimageimageimage


    Just Kidding!! Nice find!!

    Let us know how the grading turns out.
    J'har
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    certifiedsilverdollarcertifiedsilverdollar Posts: 158
    You ought to send the poor old guy a couple bucks someday who sold it to the pawn, atleast a thank you card. He got took. Good find for you though. Way to go.
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    MercMerc Posts: 1,649 ✭✭
    That is pretty amazing. You got a very rare date for just $8????

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    MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    That "S" has been epoxyed on! Send it to me and I'll relieve your pain by giving you $50.....just to show you what a nice guy I am. image
































    You're a semi-LUCKY MUTHA......but at least you do appear to work at it...... image
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    CoppernicusCoppernicus Posts: 1,764 ✭
    Great find! What do you think it will grade?

    Mike
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    danny72170danny72170 Posts: 122
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    What's an 1893-S go for in AU58 anyway. image
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    RCDBRCDB Posts: 388
    I thought you had a job now. How the heck do you find the time to be in the right place at the right time all the time? Congratulations! After what I've read you've been through, you deserve it.image
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    cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Congrats Marty.

    By the way it won't go AU58 so you should just send it to meimage
    Bill

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    hamiltonjhhamiltonjh Posts: 1,140
    Congrats! image

    Does an 1893-S in AU REALLY go for what the PCGS daily price guide says????


    Marty, If I send you $200 will you go buy a bunch of unsearched morgans for me? image
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    MadMonkMadMonk Posts: 3,743 ✭
    Damn MadMarty! Good for you.
    Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
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    RGLRGL Posts: 3,784 ✭
    What a rip -- one that is going to be near impossible to top! Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Way to go, Marty! Your heart must have leaped out of your chest when you came across it. I imagined you have to double and triple check it because you didn't believe it yourself. What was your reaction? Geesh .... ditto what Russ said on the King of Suck.
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    BigEBigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭
    Put Goo-Gone on the "S" and see if it comes off, be sure to let it sit for a while or it may come off in transitimage-----------------------------BigE
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    nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭
    YIKES!...Looks like you hit the jackpot. But, I agree with Russ that it's obviously been cleaned. PCGS wsill body-bag it, IMHO. ANACS will probably slab it F details, net VG8 cleaned. ACG would probably grade it AU-58, prooflike. image
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>What was your reaction? >>



    He didn't realize it until he was looking at them while driving home - and almost hit the car in front of him!



    << <i>ANACS will probably slab it F details, net VG8 cleaned. >>



    I think the coin is at least VF details.

    Russ, NCNE

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    RGLRGL Posts: 3,784 ✭
    Alright! You'r pretty hard core when you're looking through coins when driving! Glad Marty didn't nail the car in front of him, that nearly could have wiped out his profit, although me suspects this one ain't going up for sale ... image
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    paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭
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    paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭
    I'm betting PCGS will give it to him...and a VF 20...that's my call

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